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BBB HIVE. No. 282,284. f PaJ-tenitedJuly 31. 1883.

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BEBHIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,284, dated July 3'1, 1883.

` Application filed March 5, 1883. (Nomodel.)

.T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. .DENNSQ a citiville, in the county of Rockingham and State Aof North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bee-Hives; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as" will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speci cation My invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the diiferent parts of a bee-hive, by means of which complete control over-thebees is secured. VThey may bemade to occupy, or may be excluded from, any partl of the hive, and the work of the bees may at all times be fully inspected.

. The improvements Ihave made are of a character to meet better than has heretofore been done the requirements of the bees in the manufacture and storage of honey and in breeding.

'My invention isfully illustratedin the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made in the following description;

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation, exhibiting in perspective the exterior, front, and side of a bee-hive. Fig. 2 isa plan view of a honey-storage box. Fig. 3 is a comb strip or bar. Fig. 4 is a planview of ahive, the cover having been removed. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the hive, the 4upper'sectionhaving been removed and the doors being opened.

Like letters indicate like parts in the several views.

The letter A indicates a bee-hive having an opening, o, in its vertical extension A, for hanging the hive when desired.

B is an inclined removable cover, with a weather strip, b, attached. It is hung by notches on the nails b', and projects on three sides of the box part of the hive to shed rain.

C is the upper section of thehive, composed of the front and two side pieces xedtogether, and is secured tothe vertical bac-k A of the hive, which forms the fourth side, by hooks c c.

.each hive.

comb-strips ,resting in V-shapedpotches il', at j proper distances apart. Each box has a glass cover and an opening, K, Fig. 4., along one side of its bottom. The strips or bars z' are made three-sided, (see Fig. 3,) having an edge at the bottom. Bees prefer to attach their comb to such a projection rather than to a dat surface, asprovided for them in some hives. shown the `construction of the box in Fig. 2. The opening at the bottom should run trans verselyto the comb-bars. In Fig. 4 the'bars are omitted to afford a .better view of the bottom of the boxes, and in this view two boxes only are introduced, leaving one-half the iioorsurfaces exposed and showing the slide .I closed. I prefer to use four storagelboxes in K represents the openings in the storage-boxesand the coincident openings in the floor A, through which Openings the bees J J are slides for closing the openings in the floor A. Each slide .I admits the bees to one pair of boxes. Bythis provision the bees are admitted to one pair of boxes pass to and fro;

until such boxes` are filled with honey. They are kept out and admittedl through the oppo` site openings into the other pair of boxes, the

I have e first being closed to prevent their soiling and discoloring the honey. Perfect control over the bees is secured to the apiarist by this system of doorways. The apiarian is able to exclude the bees from either apartment. of the hive or to retain them either in the breedingapartment below or in either pair of the storage-boxes. 4

I`make the lower section of my hive triangular in shape, the front inclining sharply back toward the bottom. This is for the purpose hereinafterl to be explained. For this lower section or breedingapartment I have provided side doors, E E, and front doors, FF. Each pair of doors 'E and F are closed together and fastened to each other by hooks ff. In E E are glass-covered openings or windows proi the sliding doors O abut when closed.

vided with shutters E E', which are held in position by buttons e e. Vithin this lower apartment or brood-chamber are hung the triangular comb-frames L, conforming in shape to the exterior ofthe hive. The frames L swing upon pivots Z Z', and their free ends are kept at proper distances from each other by the 4 transverse pieces or blocks Z, placed on cach.

The horizontal part of the frame L is made three-sided, like the bars Z in the storage-boxes. By making these frames L L triangular they become selfbracing, and will not sag with the weight of the honey and comb. Neither will the bees fasten or glue these framesto the hive, as they hang and swing clear of the hive on all sides. The frames L swing freely on their pivots and sockets Z', and are easily removed by lifting them vertically until the lower pivot passes clear of the socket in which it works.

G is the alighting-board, inclined slightly downward at its front edge, and d is a block to which is secured the strip D, and against which There are two doors O-one on each side of the hivewhich slide in and out in the same manner as the doors J J, and guard the entrance for the bees to the hive. l

' The usual devices for securing ventilation are employed, and the doors E and F are preferably provided with hinges.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent JOHN THOMAS DENNY.

' Vituesses:

l D. WirLLiAMs,

JNO. E. LAMBERTH. 

